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Professor Hongzhou Zhang

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Professor Hongzhou Zhang

Professor In (Physics)
SNIAM

 Hongzhou.Zhang@tcd.ie

 3531896 4655


Dr Hongzhou Zhang received a BSc degree and an MSc degree in physics from Peking University (China) in 1996 and 1999 respectively. He was awarded a PhD in applied physics at Rice University (USA) in 2004. He worked on one-dimensional materials as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Laboratory of Mesoscopic Physics and Electron Microscopy (China) from 2002 to 2004. As a research fellow at the Australian National University (Australia), he synthesized and characterized BN nanostructures and investigated their growth mechanisms. He was appointed as SFI Stokes Lecturer and joined the School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin in 2009. He was promoted to associate professor in 2014 and became a full professor in 2021. His current research is focused on the synthesis, structure and property of two-dimensional materials with a specific objective to enable novel nanodevices for memory applications.
  Applied physics   Crystallography   ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY   Electron Microscopy   Helium Ion Microscopy   Materials Sciences   MICROSCOPY   Nanotechnology   Solid State Physics   Surface Physics   Ultrafine Microstructure   Ultramicroscopy
Project Title
 Controllable Resistive Switching in Two-dimensional Molybdenum Disulphide via Site-specific Helium Ion Irradiation
From
01/12/2021
To
30/11/2025
Summary
Breakthroughs in fabrication technologies have enabled profound advancements in the natural sciences and have been empowering modern industry. Mirroring these breakthroughs, this proposal aims to develop a novel method for ultimate material modification with unprecedented precision and controllability, and expand the fundamental knowledge of emerging functional nanomaterials. It helps us to revolutionise device prototyping and demonstrate a new memory switch for making smaller, faster and more energy-efficient computer chips, leading to a myriad of other technologies in the future. This proposal will hence support the sustainability and innovation of Ireland"s industries and enhance the local economy.
Funding Agency
Science Foundation Ireland
Programme
SFI Frontiers for the Future Award
Project Type
Applied Physics
Person Months
3
Project Title
 Helium ion microscopy for graphene devices
From
01/05/2012
To
01/03/2017
Summary
Graphene electronics has the potential to revolutionize information industry. However, technologies to modify graphene properties in a controlled and scalable way are still lacking. The helium-ion microscope (HIM) is a new enabling technology for characterization and fabrication of nanostructures, while its values are not clear. Built on our previous work in both fields, this project is expected to gain insights into HIM imaging and machinery for graphene metrology and modification. We will develop a HIM-centred integrated platform to fabricate graphene nano-ribbons with well-defined properties and enable significant improvements in graphene electronics. This project will also demonstrate the capabilities and values of the helium-ion microscope in nanoscience and nanotechnology. As a core specialization of the CRANN facility, the project feeds greatly into the future roadmap for the information and communications technology sector, a sector strongly represented in the Irish economy.
Funding Agency
Science Foundation Ireland
Programme
Principal Investigator
Project Title
 Tuning electrical properties of two-dimensional materials for device applications
From
To
Summary
Funding Agency
Irish Research Council
Programme
Enterprise Partnership Scheme 2020 Postgraduate Scholarship
Person Months
1
Project Title
 Focused Ion Technology for Nanomaterials
From
15/10/2020
To
14/10/2024
Summary
The aim of the Action is to create a coordinated effort in the field of ion beam based nanoengineering that will put European researchers and commercial businesses at the forefront of the quickly moving field of functional nanostructured materials. The Action will unite developers and practitioners of focused ion beam technology to enable them to build the most efficient tool sets and application techniques for the identification, fabrication and characterization of next generation functional nanomaterials. The Action will develop ion sources and instrumentation for the sub 10 nm fabrication and materials analysis. These objectives will be reached through Europe wide networking between researchers from theoretical and experimental groups traditionally not interacting closely. The challenge to overcome is the increasing fragmentation of the FIB landscape between operators of established technologies, developers providing new techniques and methods and designers of functional nanomaterials not aware of the possibilities provided by these emerging focused ion beam technology and methods. A tight feedback loop between academic and commercial technology developers with researchers of fundamental ion solid interactions and scientists developing new functional nanomaterials will be formed through a series of conferences, training schools and short term scientific missions. This will enable European researchers to develop bleeding edge functional nanomaterials allowing them to offer solutions to many of the important socioeconomic questions defined by the various research programs in Europe. New and emerging focused ion beam technology developed by the Action will play an important role for Quantum Technologies, Semiconductor Industry, Functional Nanomaterials and Medical applications.
Funding Agency
European Cooperation in Science & Technology
Programme
COST Actions
Project Type
Collaboration network
Person Months
0

Details Date
Grant Reviewer for Consolidator Grant, European Research Council 2022
Editorial Board, Rare Metals, Springer Since 2019
Academic Manuscript Referee I have been reviewing about 10 papers per year for a range of leading academic journals in the fields, for example, Nature Communications (5), Advanced Materials (6), ACS Nano (4), Reports on Progress in Physics (4), Advanced Functional Materials (3), ACS Applied Materials&Interfaces (7), Advanced Science (4), Nanoscale (10), etc. (Numbers of manuscripts reviewed since 2013) Since 2013
Grant Reviewer for ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award and Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and FacilitiesProposal, The Australian Research Council Since 2018
Grant Reviewer for CORE and Mobility programmes, Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg I have reviewed >10 proposals for the call since 2013, writing detailed assessments with marks and funding suggestions. I also acted as grant report reviewer for the funding agency. Since 2013
External PhD Examiner, Queen's University Belfast 2021
University of Sheffield, Academic Assessment for Promotion to a Personal Chair 18 Oct 2021
Editorial Board, Scientific Reports 2016-Present
Grant Reviewer for the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF), European Research Executive Agency I have reviewed 10 proposals submitted to the call, writing assessments. I also worked as rapporteur and mediated the discussions between individual assessors and complied consensus reports for the panels. Since 2020
University of Southampton, Academic Assessment for promotion to Associate Professor 04 Dec 2019
Grant Reviewer and for COST Action and Chair of the ad hoc Review Panel Oct 2018
Grant Reviewer for the FY 2017 Continuation of Solicitation for the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program, U. S. Department of Energy Office of Science April 2017
Grant Reviewer for Research Program "Applied and Engineering Researches 2017", the Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space Feb 2017
External PhD Examiner, University of Southampton I have examined two PhD candidates. Since 2016
External PhD Examiner, Deakin University, Australia I have examined three PhD Candidates Since 2015
Grant Reviewer for the Programme Strategic Scientific Alliances (PSA), the Netherlands Minister of Education June 2016
Grant Reviewer for the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Oct 2015
External PhD Examiner, University College Cork 2015
Grant Reviewer for the Industrial Partnership Programme, Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM)the Netherlands Aug 2013
Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
Chinese Fluent Fluent Fluent
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Details Date From Date To
Global Association for Rare Metals Science and Technology (GARMST) 2022 Present
The Microscopy of Ireland 2009 Present
Materials Research Society 2010 Present
The European Microscopy Society 2009 Present
The American Physical Society 2002 Present
Institute of Physics 2014 2010
American Vacuum Society 2009 2012
S. Aldana, L. Wang, I. A. Spiridon and H. Zhang, Understanding Substrate Effects on 2D MoS2 Growth: A Kinetic Monte Carlo Approach, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2024, p2400209 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
S. Aldana, J. Jadwiszczak, and H. Z. Zhang, On the switching mechanism and optimisation of ion irradiation enabled 2D MoS2 memristors, NANOSCALE, 15, (13), 2023, p6408 - 6416, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
S. Aldana and H. Zhang, Unravelling the Data Retention Mechanisms under Thermal Stress on 2D Memristors, ACS Omega, (30), 2023, p27543-27552 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
S. Shi, H. Li, Q. Zhou, H. Zhang, P. A. M. Basheer and Y. Bai, Alkali-activated fly ash cured with pulsed microwave and thermal oven: A comparison of reaction products, microstructure and compressive strength, Cement and Concrete Research, 166, 2023, p107104-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Zhu, Y. and Sun, Y. and Zhang, H. and He, Y. and Liu, W. and Wang, R., Erratum to: Interface structure and strain controlled Pt nanocrystals grown at side facet of MoS2 with critical size (Nano Research, (2022), 15, 9, (8493-8501), 10.1007/s12274-022-4449-5), Nano Research, 15, (9), 2022, p8674 , Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Zhu, Y. and Sun, Y. and Zhang, H. and He, Y. and Liu, W. and Wang, R., Interface structure and strain controlled Pt nanocrystals grown at side facet of MoS2 with critical size, Nano Research, 15, (9), 2022, p8493-8501 , Notes: [cited By 1], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Jadwiszczak, J. and Kelly, D.J. and Guo, J. and Zhou, Y. and Zhang, H., Plasma Treatment of Ultrathin Layered Semiconductors for Electronic Device Applications, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 3, (4), 2021, p1505-1529 , Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Dost, R. and Zhou, Y. and Zhang, H. and Allwood, D.A. and Inkson, B.J., Effect of annealing on the electrical and magnetic properties of electrodeposited Ni and permalloy nanowires, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 499, (166276), 2020, Notes: [cited By 5], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Jadwiszczak, J. and Maguire, P. and Cullen, C.P. and Duesberg, G.S. and Zhang, H., Effect of localized helium ion irradiation on the performance of synthetic monolayer MoS2 field-effect transistors, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 11, 2020, p1329-1335 , Notes: [cited By 0], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Jadwiszczak, J. and Keane, D. and Maguire, P. and Cullen, C.P. and Zhou, Y. and Song, H. and Downing, C. and Fox, D. and McEvoy, N. and Zhu, R. and Xu, J. and Duesberg, G.S. and Liao, Z.-M. and Boland, J.J. and Zhang, H., MoS2 Memtransistors Fabricated by Localized Helium Ion Beam Irradiation, ACS Nano, 13, (12), 2019, p14262-14273 , Notes: [cited By 57], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
  

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Samuel Aldana, Ion Spiridon, Lulin Wang, Hongzhou Zhang, Understanding Substrate Effects on Two-Dimensional MoS2 Growth: a Kinetic Monte Carlo Approach, arxiv, 2024, Notes: [https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01661], Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Jakub Jadwiszczak, Darragh Keane, Pierce Maguire, Yangbo Zhou, Hua-Ding Song, John Boland, Georg Duesberg, Zhimin Liao, Hongzhou Zhang, Enabling MoS2 memtransistors via localised helium ion beam irradiation, JSAP Annual Meetings Extended Abstracts The 80th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2019, The Japan Society of Applied Physics, 18/09/2019-20/09/201, 2019, Mari Shioda, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Hongzhou Zhang, Neuromorphic MoS2 memtransistors fabricated by localised helium ion beam irradiation, 2019 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts, 01-06 December 2019, 2019, the Materials Research Society, Notes: [I could not deliver the talk because of US security check which stopped me from traveling to the venue.], Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Pierce Maguire, Darragh Keane, Brian Kelly, Colm C Faulkner, Hongzhou Zhang, XeF-Enhanced Focused Ion Beam Etching and Passivation of GaSb, ArXiv e-prints, 2019, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Keane, D. Jadwiszczak, J. Boland, J. J. Zhang, H Z, He+-beam induced memristive behaviour in 2D MoS2, Advances in Gas-Ion Microscopy, The first international meeting of the PicoFIB Network, Dresden, Germany, 31/01/2018-01/02/201, 2018, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
Zhang, H Z, In-situ evaluation of beam-induced electrical properties in 2D MoS2 devices, IBC HZDR USER SELECTION PANEL Annual Meeting 2018, Meissen, Germany, 04/10/2018 - 05/10/2, 2018, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Jakub Jadwiszczak, Darragh Keane, Pierce Maguire, Conor P Cullen, Yangbo Zhou, Hua-Ding Song, Clive Downing, Daniel S Fox, Niall McEvoy, Rui Zhu, Jun Xu, Georg S Duesberg, Zhi-Min Liao, John J Boland, Hongzhou Zhang, Neuromorphic MoS2 memtransistors fabricated by localised helium ion beam irradiation, ArXiv e-prints, 2018, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
Hongzhou Zhang, Helium ion microscopy for two-dimensional semiconductor applications, MSM XX - Microscopy of Semi Conducting Materials 2017, Oxford, UK, 9 - 13 April, 2017, Royal Microscopical Society, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Hongzhou Zhang, Helium-ion microscopy for nanoscale characterisation and modification, Summer School at University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 06/08/2017, 2017, Rongming Wang, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED
Keane, D. Jadwiszczak, J. Zhou, Y B Maguire, P. Fox, D O'Reilly, I Boland, J. J. Zhang, H Z, Modification of MoS2 by Helium Ion Microscope: FABRICATION OF GATE-TUNABLE MEMRISTIVE DEVICES, Microscopy Society of Ireland 40th Annual Meeting, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin Ireland, 2016, Oral Presentation, PUBLISHED

  


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Award Date
"Progress in Nanoscale Characterization and Manipulation", Book Award, The Publishers Association of China 2019
Trinity Global Engagement Award 2018
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 2014
Best Poster of material sciences, the Microscopy Society of Ireland 2013
IUMRS-ICYRAM 2012 Poster, International Union of Materials Research Societies - International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials 2012
Best Use of Microscope, the Microscopy Society of Ireland 2011
SFI Stokes Lectureship, Science Foundation Ireland, Ireland 2009
National Science and Technology Progress Award nominated by Higher Education Minister, 1st Class, China 2005
National Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chinese Education Ministry, China 2002